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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2025032561 · 3/18/2025 · HOOD INDUSTRIES, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Chippers
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
HOOD INDUSTRIES, INC.
Location
1945 SOUTH 1ST ST., WIGGINS, MISSISSIPPI, 39577
NAICS
321211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was loading logs onto a feeder chain into the chipper when his left hand was crushed between the throat of the chipper and the core. Two fingers were injured and surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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